Kollide Labs is building creative technology for artists, producers, and creators, combining music, software, AI, and interactive visual experiences.
We are looking for a Chief Engineer to take ownership of the technical direction of Kollide Labs and help us design, build, and scale our products.
As Chief Engineer, you will work closely with the founding team and play a central role in both technical strategy and hands-on development. You will be responsible for making key architectural decisions, improving product performance, establishing engineering standards, and turning ambitious product ideas into reliable, production-ready systems.
Responsibilities
- * Lead the technical architecture and engineering roadmap across Kollide Labs products.
- Design, build, and maintain scalable frontend, backend, and infrastructure systems.
- Take ownership of technical decisions related to performance, reliability, security, and scalability.
- Develop and ship new product features from concept to production.
- Improve existing systems, code quality, development workflows, and engineering practices.
- Collaborate closely with product, design, audio, and creative teams.
- Identify technical bottlenecks and implement efficient solutions.
- Establish development standards, documentation, testing, and deployment processes.
- Contribute to the technical strategy for AI-powered, audio, and creative software products.
- Help recruit, mentor, and structure the engineering team as the company grows.
Requirements
- * Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience building production-grade applications.
- Experience designing software architectures and making technical decisions independently.
- Strong knowledge of modern frontend and backend development.
- Experience with APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, deployment, and version control.
- Ability to write clean, maintainable, and well-structured code.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work across multiple technical domains.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment with significant ownership.
- Ability to translate product requirements into practical technical solutions.
Nice to Have
- * Experience with audio software, music technology, DSP, VST3/AU plugins, or real-time audio systems.
- Experience with AI/ML-powered applications.
- Experience with interactive graphics, WebGL, Three.js, shaders, or creative coding.
- Experience building SaaS or creator-focused products.
- Experience leading or mentoring engineers.
- Interest in music production, visual design, or creative technology.
What We Offer
- * Significant ownership over the technical direction of Kollide Labs.
- Direct collaboration with the founding team.
- Opportunity to build innovative products at the intersection of music, AI, and creative technology.
- High autonomy and freedom to influence both engineering and product decisions.
- Opportunity to grow into a core leadership position as Kollide Labs expands.
- We are looking for someone who is not only a strong engineer, but also a builder — someone excited about taking ideas from an early concept to a polished product used by creators.
